Managing soil nitrogen to restore annual grass-infested plant communities: Effective strategy or incomplete framework?

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 490-502

  James, J J ^a   Drenovsky, R E ^b   Monaco, T A ^a   Rinella, M J ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual grasses; Carbon addition; Cheatgrass; Great Basin; Invasion; Medusahead; Restoration; Soil N management

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ANNUAL PLANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DOMINANCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GRASS; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INVASIVE SPECIES; META-ANALYSIS; NATIVE SPECIES; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED; SEEDLING; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL NITROGEN; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MULTICENTER STUDY; PLANT; SOIL;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NITROGEN; PLANTS; SOIL;

GREAT BASIN; UNITED STATES;

BROMUS TECTORUM; POACEAE; TAENIATHERUM;

EID: 79955535403     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-0280.1     Document Type: Article

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